To design, to be distracted or simply to innovate. There are several reasons why you can choose to modify the wallpapers. And when thinking about optimizing, animated or moving versions offer a totally personal touch that many users will enjoy.
In this regard, it should be mentioned that mobile phones come with default wallpapers that can be modified from the settings menu. Some offer a wide variety of options and customization, even with dynamic options; while others don't have as many options. This varies depending on the make and model of the cell phone.
Apart from that, if the user wants to add a type of wallpaper that is not among those that are preloaded, they can download an application to have other alternatives. In this case, we are going to explore options for incorporating animated or dynamic wallpapers for Android.
1. Wavero
Wavero is a 3D wallpaper with animations that include a variety of shades and designs. It is designed for Oled screens.
2. Minima
Minima Live Wallpaper brings a variety of shapes and moving elements, of different colors and styles. It has more than 35 handmade themes, and more than 90 in the Pro version, with depth and motion effects for a more attractive design.
3. Muzei
It offers a live wallpaper that refreshes the home screen every day with famous artwork. Blur and dim artwork to keep your icons and widgets in the spotlight.
In turn, it is possible to choose your own photos from the gallery or other applications to use on your home screen. To keep the wallpaper dynamic and updated, Muzei will change the photos in the gallery that are displayed.
4. Pixelscapes
Pixelscapes is a collection of three animated pixel art wallpapers. The first one offers the image of a home, with some trees covered again; the second, the sea with a windmill and amazing forms of land and the third, the beach with bright sunbeams reflected in the ocean.
5. Rad Walls
Rad Walls is a collection of live wallpapers by retrowave, a musical genre inspired by the electronic music of the 80s that is influenced by the soundtracks of video games and films of that time.
6. Particle
It offers a live wallpaper that shows particles that move randomly through space. The system generates a smooth movement of particles to generate a subtle effect on the home and lock screens. The most interesting thing is the rich menu of options to customize.
7. ShaderPaper
It has more than 120 shader themes to choose from, with several details to customize and the ability to modify the speed of the animations. In turn, it integrates 20 different pixel setting effects to apply. Each theme has specific editing options to give a different touch to the final design.
How to change the wallpaper on WhatsApp
WhatsApp offers the option to customize the wallpaper of chats, both from the web and mobile.
It is important to clarify that you can change the wallpaper in all chats or set a different one for each conversation or for a specific chat.
How to modify the wallpaper in all chats
1. On your smartphone press the three dots at the top to go to the Settings menu and from there choose Chats and then Wallpaper/Change.
2. Doing so will display a menu of options grouped according to four criteria: light, dark, solid colors and My Photos. The latter, as its name indicates, allows you to enter the mobile gallery and select your own image.
3. The “light” and “dark” options feature a series of pre-selected images with photos of landscapes, objects and nature that can be viewed in light or dark contrasts as appropriate.
Finally, the alternative “solid colors” allows you to choose between a series of shades, without images or objects in the background.
4. Once the option is selected, press “set as background”. Also, you can access “Default Wallpaper” to restore the classic WhatsApp image.
How to modify the wallpaper in a chat
In this case you need to open the chat where you want to change the wallpaper, then go to More Options/Wallpaper, select a background category, and finally press “set wallpaper”, as mentioned above.
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